Tools that you might find useful.

We now have created pages for each of the following resources. You can visit them from here or the home page. Beginning in October, the COOL STUFF page will be cleaned up and these links will no longer be available here. Don't worry, this page will still contain a bunch of STUFF that is really COOL :)
Online Learning Communities
Create online talkgroups to answer questions or share ideas.
voxopop
Record voice messages, oral activities,etc. Embed on site, blog, email.
vocaroo
Team whiteboarding
twiddla
Student centered eLearning, sharing, collaborating
Schooltown
Open sourced, community based, tools for learning
moodle
Online collaboration tool
typewith.me
Be part of the solution. Get paid
slader
Free online learning platform
Collaborize Classroom
Kid friendly (and safe) hug to your school
My Big Campus



Language Arts
Your students can be talking avatars.
voki
Generate word clouds from text.
woordle
Tag clouds with style
tagxedo
Easy way for students to create a cartoon or cartoon book.
toondoo
Users pick an image from the selection and write about them.
piclits
Capturing the Voice of Childhood
Little Bird Tales
Practice your grammar
grammar park
The ultimate guide to getting started with blogging
Edublogs
Book reading made easy for the blind
haptic braille
Children's stories online
storytimeforme
iPod apps for reading and writing
iPodsibilities



Informational
An online notice board maker.
wallwisher
Create polls that can be answered via text
polleverywhere
Create a new number for your cell phone for students, parents, etc. to contact you.
Google Voice
Make on-line surveys
Google Forms
Keep track of everything on all your devices
Ever note


General Resources
100 incredibly useful YouTube channels for educators
youtube
Facebook now as an antibully app
safetyweb
21 Signs You're a 21st Century Teacher
21st Century Teacher
Tons of pod cast lessons covering many subject areas
SchoolWAX TV
A huge listing of educational resources
Websites of the year
Tired of PowerPoint? Here are some web based alternatives.
readwriteweb
Professional teaching resources
iTunes U
Best Educational Wikis of 2010
Edublog
Calculate (or find out about) almost anything
WolframAlpha
Videos, Lesson plans by subject or standards
Teacher's Domain
National History Educational Clearninghouse
Teaching History
Skype in the classroom (BETA)
education.skype
Links, a TV channel, staff development, plus a free mobile app
eduTecher
Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything.
Kahn Academy
A social network for teachers interested in the classroom flip
vodcasting
Using a kindle with a smartboard
teq.com blog
iPod apps for special ed
iPodsibilities
Online tools and applications index
go2web20
Live two way video from your phone
Qik
Educational technology made simple
Simple K12
Online file storage
dropbox
Online file transfer (for use with dropbox)
Dropitto.me



rivertontech/Math and Science|Science/Mathematics/Engineering
Hands on engineering
Design Squad
Learn genetics
University of Utah
Open source planetarium
stellarium.org
Math apps for iPods
iPodsibilities
The Physics classroom
physicsclassroom.com
Free Resources at the Bottom of the Page
Discovery Education



rivertontech/Art, Music and Media|Art/Music/Media
Cool stuff to do with digital media
BigHugeLabs
Convert video, audio, images, documents, online for free
online-convert
Turns images into slide shows, record voice, add music, text, etc.
ShowBeyond
Interactive posters
Glogster
Youth making media
Adobe Youth Voices
3D modeling for everyone
Google sketchup
Create stunning video slideshows
animoto
Using music to improve teaching
songsforteaching
Open music encylcopedia
musicpedia
Free sounds from all over the world
Soundboard



Social Studies
Create interactive timelines
dipity
Iditarod in the classroom
NEA - Iditarod Resources
iPod apps for Social Studies
iPodsibilities


Magic with iPods

Word Lense


The Hole in the Wall


Smart Phone Music Video



Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education